| Rank | Contributor | City, State | Total Contributions |
|---|
| 1 | Steven Bing
Shangrila Entertainment | Los Angeles, CA | $4,850,000 |
| 2 | George Soros
Soros Fund Management | New York, NY | $4,650,000 |
| 3 | Sheldon Adelson
Las Vegas Sands Corp | Las Vegas, NV | $3,597,632 |
| 4 | John R Hunting
Philanthropist | Grand Rapids, MI | $1,243,000 |
| 5 | Fred Godley
Real Estate Developer | Cornelius, NC | $1,100,000 |
| 6 | Donald Sussman
Trust Asset Management | St. Thomas, VI | $1,000,000 |
| 6 | Lee Fikes
Bonanza Oil | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| 8 | Alida R Messinger
Alida Messinger Charitable Lead Trust | New York, NY | $883,000 |
| 9 | Peter B Lewis
Progressive Insurance | Mayfield Village, OH | $850,000 |
| 10 | Robert Bingham
Investor | Del Mar, CA | $817,452 |
| 11 | Fred Eychaner
Newsweb Corp | Chicago, IL | $675,000 |
| 12 | Carl H Lindner
American Financial Group | Cincinnati, OH | $660,000 |
| 13 | Gerald & Lilo Leeds family
Hartman Management Group | Great Neck, NY | $623,000 |
| 14 | Jon Stryker
Jon Stryker/Jon Stryker Architecture | Kalamazoo, MI | $604,054 |
| 15 | Bob Perry
Perry Homes | Houston, TX | $550,000 |
| 15 | Virginia James
Investor | Lawrenceville, NJ | $550,000 |
| 17 | Lynde B Uihlein
Time Out Enterprises | Milwaukee, WI | $500,000 |
| 17 | Francine Goldstein
Advocate & Marketing Consultant | Westport, CT | $500,000 |
| 19 | Gladys G Cofrin
Philanthropist | Gainesville, FL | $495,000 |
| 20 | John Templeton
Templeton Foundation | Bryn Mawr, PA | $457,900 |
| 21 | S Daniel Abraham
Slim Fast Foods | West Palm Beach, FL | $455,000 |
| 22 | David Maltz
Maltz Family Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $420,000 |
| 23 | Jackson T Stephens Jr
Eoe Inc | Little Rock, AR | $350,000 |
| 24 | Quinn Delaney & Wayne Jordan Family
Akonadi Foundation | Oakland, CA | $309,000 |
| 25 | Sara Morgan
Retired | Houston, TX | $300,000 |
| 25 | Pat Stryker
Bohemian Companies | Ft Collins, CO | $300,000 |
This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, August 04, 2008.
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